Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited

Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited: "The vice-president, Dick Cheney, has long favoured upping the threat of military action against Iran. He is being resisted by the secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, and the defence secretary, Robert Gates.

Last year Mr Bush came down in favour of Ms Rice, who along with Britain, France and Germany has been putting a diplomatic squeeze on Iran. But at a meeting of the White House, Pentagon and state department last month, Mr Cheney expressed frustration at the lack of progress and Mr Bush sided with him. 'The balance has tilted. There is cause for concern,' the source said this week."

The dark lord used his power of the dark side to sway Bush. Or perhaps Cheney just gave bush an unlimited supply of crayons to color his signing statements with. Goodbye Iran...

U.S. Navy sends third carrier to 5th fleet region - Yahoo! News UK

U.S. Navy sends third carrier to 5th fleet region - Yahoo! News UK: "The U.S. navy has sent a third aircraft carrier to its Fifth Fleet area of operations, which includes Gulf waters close to Iran, the navy said on Tuesday.

'Enterprise (aircraft carrier) provides navy power to counter the assertive, disruptive and coercive behaviour of some countries, as well as support our soldiers and marines in Iraq and Afghanistan,' a U.S. Navy statement said."

I read about this along time ago, but they must be just arriving. I have also heard that a fourth carrier group is going, but the story seemed a bit sketchy. "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran"

The Raw Story | Iran placing Hezbollah agents in Iraq to fight 'proxy war'

The Raw Story | Iran placing Hezbollah agents in Iraq to fight 'proxy war': "He said the Quds Force and Hezbollah were jointly operating camps near Tehran in which they trained Iraqi fighters before sending them back to Iraq to conduct attacks.

'He was directed by the Iranian Quds force to move Iraqis in and out of Iraq and report on the training and operations of Iraqi special groups,' he said, adding that the Quds Force was training between 20 and 60 Iraqis at the time.

'They were being taught how to use EFPs (explosively-formed penetrators), mortars, rockets, as well as intelligence, sniper, and kidnapping operations,' Bergner said."

It must be Propaganda Monday. Once again we are accusing Iran of supporting militants in Iraq. I ask where is the evidence they say they have? Evidence evidence evidence. Let's not go into another war where the accusations are proven false years after the bombs start falling. I can hear the rat-a-tat-tat of the snare drums now...

Norman Mineta Confirms His Testimony with Members of 911TruthSeattle.org

Norman Mineta Confirms His Testimony with Members of 911TruthSeattle.org: "At a bare minimum, this confirmation by Norman Mineta is in gross contradiction to the 9/11 Commission Report and poses serious questions about the Vice President's role in ordering NORAD to stand down on 9/11."

He conveniently read the minds of the terrorists and determined that the "attack" was over...

The Raw Story | Cheney ordered Secret Service logs destroyed, paper reports

The Raw Story | Cheney ordered Secret Service logs destroyed, paper reports: "A massive piece in Sunday's Washington Post reveals the true extent of secrecy Vice President Dick Cheney requires.

So clandestine is the Vice President's work that he has created a new secret document designation: 'Treated As: Top Secret/SCI.'

That's not all: the piece also reveals that Cheney keeps 'man-size' Mosler safes on hand for 'workaday business' and has destroyed all Secret Service visitor logs, in addition to already refusing to comply with a national security directive issued by President Bush, which RAW STORY first reported earlier this week.

Not only does he refuse to give the names of his staff, Cheney won't even disclose how many people he employs."

Wow, can you say "shadow government?" Cheney is the man behind the curtain, a figure who's influence and power cannot be measured due to his obsessive drive towards secrecy. He is the most powerful Vice President that the United States has ever had, and we don't even know what he is really doing in the shadows.

The Raw Story | Democrats plan to cut Cheney out of executive funding bill

The Raw Story | Democrats plan to cut Cheney out of executive funding bill: "Following Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion that his office is not a part of the executive branch of the US government, Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) plans to introduce an amendment to the the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill to cut funding for Cheney's office.

The amendment to the bill that sets the funding for the executive branch will be considered next week in the House of Representatives."

I like this, finally someone with an imagination in congress. If he does not classify himself as part of the executive branch, Cheney will not get the funding he gets as part of the executive branch. Of course, our idiot congress will never get it passed.

Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data - New York Times

Agency Is Target in Cheney Fight on Secrecy Data - New York Times: "For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office’s handling of classified information, and when the National Archives unit that monitors classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president’s office suggested abolishing the oversight unit, according to documents released yesterday by a Democratic congressman."

This just keeps getting better. First he claims that he is not part of the executive branch, then he suggests dismantling the agency that was criticizing him. More evidence that Cheney is truly a madman.

The Raw Story | Cheney tells agency that Vice President's office is not part of the executive branch

The Raw Story | Cheney tells agency that Vice President's office is not part of the executive branch: "The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney told an agency within the National Archives that for purposes of securing classified information, the Vice President's office is not an 'entity within the executive branch' according to a letter released Thursday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform."

That happens to be very convenient. I guess that will keep him off the hook for outing Valerie Plame. Dick Cheney is a very dangerous man, with very dangerous ideas. He is trying to push Bush head first into another war, with Iran. Who knows what else he has planned.

Cheney's Iran-Arms-to-Taliban Gambit Rebuffed

Cheney's Iran-Arms-to-Taliban Gambit Rebuffed: " Both Gates and McNeill denied flatly last week that there is any evidence linking Iranian authorities to those arms. Gates told a press conference on Jun. 4, 'We do not have any information about whether the government of Iran is supporting this, is behind it, or whether it's smuggling, or exactly what is behind it.' Gates said that 'some' of the arms in question might be going to Afghan drug smugglers.

The commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. McNeill, implied that the arms trafficking from Iran is being carried out by private interests. '[W]hen you say weapons being provided by Iran, that would suggest there is some more formal entity involved in getting these weapons here,' he told Jim Loney of Reuters June 5. 'That's not my view at all.'"

Busted... The media is trying to convince us that Iran's government is arming Sunni's in Afghanistan, when there is no evidence of it. It is far more likely that it is private parties moving the weapons.

Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps - washingtonpost.com

Official: Cheney Urged Wiretaps - washingtonpost.com: "Comey said that Cheney's office later blocked the promotion of a senior Justice Department lawyer, Patrick Philbin, because of his role in raising concerns about the surveillance."

I am surprised that Cheney did not ship him off to Gitmo, or at least make him resign. He should consider himself lucky.

Cheney criticizes Geneva conventions at West Point commencement

"Capture one of these killers, and he'll be quick to demand the protections of the Geneva Convention and the Constitution of the United States," the Vice President said in the Saturday morning speech. "Yet when they wage attacks or take captives, their delicate sensibilities seem to fall away."

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So in order to punish them, we must become more like them, is that what he is saying? We have already thrown the Constitution away over the detainees, not just for them, but for us. We have ignored the Geneva conventions by torturing the detainees and not charging the majority with a crime. What should we do next Mr. Cheney? I just cannot imagine what you really want to do. Perhaps Stone them to death as a half time show during the super bowl? Kidnap their families as well?

Report: Dead Eye Dick Cheney aide clearing path to bomb Iran

Vice President Dick Cheney believes the US should not be pursuing a diplomatic path with Iran, and a senior aide to the vice president has been meeting with national security think tanks and consultants in Washington to "help establish the policy and political pathway to bombing Iran," Steve Clemons reported Thursday on his blog, The Washington Not.

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More proof that Bush is simply a "pretty" mask for Cheney. Cheney holds the strings of the marionette.